CVE-2024-12519: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

The TCBD Auto Refresher plugin for WordPress contains a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability (CVE-2024-12519) discovered in versions up to and including 2.0. The vulnerability was publicly disclosed on January 10, 2025, and the plugin has been temporarily closed pending a full security review (WordPress Plugin, NVD).

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied attributes in the plugin's 'tcbd_auto_refresh' shortcode. The CVSS v3.1 base score is 6.4 (Medium) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N. The vulnerability is classified as CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation) (Wordfence).

When exploited, this vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with contributor-level access or higher to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages. These malicious scripts will execute whenever a user accesses the compromised page (NVD).

As of January 10, 2025, the plugin has been temporarily closed and is not available for download pending a full security review. Users are advised to disable and remove the plugin until a patched version becomes available (WordPress Plugin).